"The News Quiz The News Quiz is a British topical panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4. ""The News Quiz"" was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairman. Subsequently, it was chaired by Simon Hoggart, Barry Took (until 1995), and then again by Simon Hoggart until March 2006. Hoggart was replaced by Sandi Toksvig in September 2006, who in turn was replaced by Miles Jupp in September 2015. The series was created by John Lloyd based on an idea from Nicholas Parsons. Originally ""Private Eye"" editor Richard Ingrams and ""Punch"" editor Alan Coren acted as team captains. It"
"to promote adult literacy, was written by Took and featured Bob Hoskins and Donald Gee. He was involved in two further television series on the issue, ""Your Move"" and ""Write Away"". In 1977 Took hosted his own comedy sketch show, ""Took and Co"". Also featuring Robin Bailey, Chris Emmett, Andrew Sachs and Gwen Taylor, the series ran for seven episodes late at night on ITV. In 1979 he became chairman of ""The News Quiz"" on BBC Radio 4, a role he filled until 1981 and again from 1986 to 1995. In the same year he became a presenter of ""Points"
"Barry Took Barry Took (19 June 192831 March 2002) was an English writer, television presenter and comedian. His decade and a half writing partnership with Marty Feldman led to the television series ""Bootsie and Snudge"" and the radio comedy ""Round the Horne"" and other projects. He is also remembered in the UK for presenting ""Points of View"", a BBC Television programme featuring viewers' letters on the BBC's output, and the BBC Radio 4 programme ""The News Quiz"". The son of a manager at the Danish Bacon Company, Took was born somewhere between the boroughs of Muswell Hill and Wood Green,"
"Sunday, 2002 in a nursing home in Enfield, Middlesex. Barry Took Barry Took (19 June 192831 March 2002) was an English writer, television presenter and comedian. His decade and a half writing partnership with Marty Feldman led to the television series ""Bootsie and Snudge"" and the radio comedy ""Round the Horne"" and other projects. He is also remembered in the UK for presenting ""Points of View"", a BBC Television programme featuring viewers' letters on the BBC's output, and the BBC Radio 4 programme ""The News Quiz"". The son of a manager at the Danish Bacon Company, Took was born somewhere"
"were introduced by a short phrase of music. Other rounds included ""Dialogue Read in a Specific Accent"" and ""Songs Sung as Animals"". In 1974 Bill Oddie was replaced by Willie Rushton, with Barry Cryer as Graeme Garden's teammate, and Humphrey Lyttelton as chairman, and the personnel remained constant from this point until Rushton's death in 1996, although occasional guest panellists appeared in the 1980s and early 1990s (see below). Since then the fourth seat on the panel has featured a variety of guest comedians. The show has over two million listeners on Radio 4 and its recording sessions typically fill"
"Tony Myatt Tony Myatt (born 7, July 1938) is a UK radio presenter. He has previously worked at the BBC, on Channel 4, on Jazz FM, on Capital Radio, on PrimeTime Radio, Radio Mercury and on Saga DAB radio stations. He is credited by many as the first man to play Kate Bush on the radio and also interviewed her 'live' on his Capital Radio show. Tony hosted ""Beat the Intro"" telephone quiz on Capital Radio in 1974/1975 whereby listeners were asked the name of the piece of music before the singing started. In the early to mid 80s, Tony"
"in 1969, taking up the post in January 1970. In this post, he gained a reputation for shrewdly picking out the ideas of others and embellishing them by adding his own thoughts and suggestions. He had no intention of creating a new schedule from scratch, but he wanted a more topical and a more varied flavour - to make Radio 4, in his words, like a ""well-labelled library that has a few surprises in it"". So, in 1970, along came the unashamedly serious ""Analysis"" and the magisterial ""World Tonight"", the bright and breezy 'commuter magazine' ""PM Reports"" and a phone-in"
"he was editor of the student newspaper, ""Cherwell""; founded both the Oxford Handbook and the Oxbridge Careers Handbook; chaired the Democratic Labour Club; and was president of the Oxford Union in Michaelmas Term 1979, succeeding Theresa May's future husband Philip. After university, the Labour Party gave Crick the opportunity to contest the safe-seat of Bootle but he turned down the offer. Crick started work at ITN as a trainee journalist in 1980. He was a founding member of the ""Channel 4 News"" team when the programme was launched in November 1982. During his period as their Washington correspondent (1988–1990) Crick"
"- 7 September 1974<br>CDR. John Aubrey Chrisman Jr., 7 September 1974 - 30 September 1976<br>CDR. John Francis Doyle, 30 September 1976 - 7 November 1978<br>CDR. Thomas Terrence Triplett, 7 November 1978 - 17 October 1980<br>CDR. Richard Montague Butler, 17 October 1980 - 30 November 1982<br>CDR. John Dennis Kolata, 30 November 1982 - 11 January 1985<br>CDR. Charles Paul Vion, 11 January 1985 - 27 February 1987<br>CDR. Jerome Edward Schill, 27 February 1987 - 16 June 1989<br>CDR. Robert Stanly Martin, 16 June 1989 - 16 November 1990<br>CDR. Dale Arthur Rauch, 16 November 1990 - 9 June 1992<br>CDR. Timothy James Concannon, 9 March"
"deputy editor of the ""Nine O'Clock News"", becoming editor in 1990. In 1994, he became Editor of Television News Programmes, then Head of Current Affairs in May 1996. He became Head of Political Programmes in March 1998. He became Assistant Director of BBC News in December 1999, then Deputy Director in April 2001. He was appointed Controller of Radio 4 and BBC7 in October 2004, taking over from Helen Boaden. In 2006, he was involved in a controversy over his decision to replace the Radio 4 UK Theme with a ""pacy news briefing, read by one of Radio 4's team"
"Alfred Marks, Barry Took, John Wells (once in 1973, filling in for Muir; once in 1975, for Norden), and Katharine Whitehorn (once in 1975, for Anne Scott-James). After Edward J. Mason's death in 1971, Jack Longland, with the assistance of Peter Moore, took over responsibility for compiling most of the questions. After Longland's retirement, Moore became the sole question-setter. In 1980 Michael O'Donnell, who was already chairman of the programme, became the sole question-setter until the programme ended in 1988. The two teams faced questions devised by Mason, primarily word games and literary quizzes covering vocabulary, etymology, snippets of poetry,"
"Their father also worked for the BBC. It has had four permanent chairmen in its history: Many popular figures have appeared on the programme more than once: the record for appearances is held by Tony Benn, who first appeared as a panel member in March 1951 and contributed to over 80 programmes. Any Questions? Any Questions? is a topical debate radio programme in the United Kingdom that has been broadcast since 1948. It is broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on Friday evenings and repeated on Saturday afternoons, when it is followed by a phone-in response programme, ""Any Answers?"", previously a"
"four-page centre section on yellow paper was introduced, initially to carry a page of reference material and articles from members of the industry. Among early contributors were Robert W Sarnoff, then chairman of RCA, film director and teacher Thorold Dickinson and the BBC director-general Charles Curran. This developed into a data-related eight-page section based on the company's recent research. Also in that month David Fisher joined as news editor and led in the shaping of the standards of the commercial publication. He became editor in July 1974 and held that position until January 2011. In the mid 1970s, Chittock and"
"perhaps the UK's premier radio station. Boyle overhauled almost the entire schedule. Critics outside and inside the BBC questioned the number of changes, and their timing, and he was nicknamed ""MacBirt"", in reference to his being a Scottish version of BBC Director-General Lord Birt. Nonetheless, many of the new shows received critical acclaim, including John Peel's Home Truths, arts programme Front Row, and current affairs show Broadcasting House. The new programmes subsequently won a record 6 gold Sony awards in one year and eight other silver and bronze awards. Boyle announced his departure from Radio Four in 2000, leading The"
"his success in Northern Ireland, Mason was one of five people who might have become Controller of BBC Radio 4 in 1976 along with Monica Sims and David Hatch, both of whom were appointed some years later. In 1976, however, the post was given to Ian McIntyre, whose strict journalistic regime lasted only two years before he was moved to become Controller of Radio 3. In the meantime, Mason was invited back to London to take up the post of Head of Radio Drama on the impending departure of Martin Esslin, and became the third longest-serving head of one of"
"we know today that would be launched in 1980 and it soon reverted to being just a news summary with the early evening BBC2 news expanded to become ""Newsday"". News on radio was to change in the 1970s, and on Radio 4 in particular, brought about by the arrival of new editor Peter Woon from television news and the implementation of the ""Broadcasting in the Seventies "" report. These included the introduction of correspondents into news bulletins where previously only a newsreader would present, as well as the inclusion of content gathered in the preparation process. New programmes were also"
"to the UK, he worked as a production journalist on several English regional newspapers including a period at the ""Wolverhampton Express & Star"". At the same time, he contributed regularly to the BBC World Service and began a freelance television reporting career, initially on the Midlands regional current affairs magazine ""Scan"". He became a reporter on the BBC current affairs programmes ""Midlands Today"", going on to present ""Panorama"", then ""24 Hours"". He was a ""Nationwide"" presenter from 1969 to 1977. He was also chairman of BBC Radio 4's ""Gardeners' Question Time"" from 1973 to 1977. He was also a presenter"
"was adapted for television in 1981 under the title ""Scoop"", running for two series, and later inspired the television programme ""Have I Got News for You"". In 2012 the BBC piloted an American version hosted by Lewis Black. On 28 June 2013, the ""News Quiz"" paid tribute to Radio 4 announcer Rory Morrison, who used to read the news cuttings on the programme. The programme is usually recorded in front of an audience on Thursday evenings at the BBC Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House in central London. It is then edited and broadcast first on Friday evening at 18:30, then"
"his final year at both establishments. While at Ampleforth he befriended future High Court judge Nicholas Mostyn, who was also the son of a Nigerian-based BAT executive. The duo won the national ESU Schools Mace debating prize in 1975. He read English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, gaining a . He served as president of the Cambridge Union Society and editor of the student magazine ""Rampage"". He joined the staff of ITN in 1979 as a graduate trainee. While working there he was a founder member of ""Channel 4 News"" in 1982 working predominantly as a copywriter but also as"
"the news on BBC World, took part in various special events, such as the 1997 general election programme and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, and co-presented The National Lottery Live on Saturday nights on BBC1. He joined Channel 4 News in 1998, aged 28, and is the second longest serving presenter after Jon Snow. Between 2003 and 2009 he was also the main presenter of ""Channel 4 News at Noon"". He has reported and presented from around the world covering many disasters, conflicts and political movements, such as the Arab Spring in Egypt. He received nominations for the"
"participant in quizzes and panel games, he has been chairman of TV’s ""Cabbages and Kings"" (quotations), ""Challenge of the South"" (general knowledge), ""Amoebas to Zebras"" (natural history) and ""First Things First"" (panel game) — all on ITV. For 18 years he was a regular guest in Dictionary Corner on Channel 4's ""Countdown"". In 1978 he wrote the first ""Quote... Unquote"" book, which gave rise to a series under various titles and devoted to aspects of the English language and especially the humour that derives from it. One of his five graffiti collections was a No. 1 paperback bestseller in the"
"(BBC Radio 4) as ""Producer/writer/creator,"" the Simon Mayo Show (BBC Radio 1), The Scott Mill's Breakfast Show (BBC Radio 1), Chris Moyles (Radio 1), Xmas Panto ""(""BBC Radio 4 1999 ""with R. Coltraine, R. Wilson, C.Anderson, D.Rigg, M.Margoyles & N. Hancock),"" The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4), and The News Huddlines (BBC Radio 2). Television credits during this time included, amongst others, The Rory Bremner Show (C4), The 11 O’Clock Show (C4), The Lily Savage Show (Carlton), and The Big Breakfast (Channel 4). Riley partnered with the comedy writer Simon Littlefield during much of this time as well as performing"
"Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra. Before television, radio was one of the main ways to enjoy comedy, The Goon Show and Hancock's Half Hour being among the most popular early shows. On television there are comedy talk shows where comedians make fun of current news or popular topics. Such comedians include Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Graham Norton, Daniel Tosh, Chris Hardwick, Jimmy Fallon, David Letterman, and Chelsea Handler. There are sketch comedies, such as [[Kids In The Hall and [[Monty Python]] who created their sketch comedy show ""[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]"" (a [[BBC]] show that influenced ""[[Saturday Night"
"three times, in 1989, 2000 and 2002. He received the Work Foundation lifetime achievement award in 2006. In 2007, it was revealed that ""In Business"" had become a surprise podcast hit, beating ""The Best of The Chris Moyles Show"", the ""Today programme"" and ""In Our Time"" as the BBC's most downloaded podcast. Peter Day (broadcaster) Peter Day (born 1947) is a broadcaster on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. Day was educated at Lincoln School, at the time a boys-only grammar school, from 1957 to 1964 as a boarder. His father was a manager with Midland Bank (which"
"Sandi Toksvig Sandra Birgitte Toksvig, (, ; born 3 May 1958) is a British-Danish comedian, writer, actor, presenter and producer on British radio and television, and political activist. On 21 October 2016, Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show ""QI"". She was the host of ""The News Quiz"" on BBC Radio 4 from 2006 until June 2015. She also presented the quiz show ""1001 Things You Should Know"" on Channel 4 television in 2012–13, and began hosting a revived series of the same channel's game show ""Fifteen to One"" on 5 April 2014."
"UK. Since 1992, he has published and edited ""The Quote... Unquote Newsletter"", a quarterly journal (now distributed electronically) and devoted to the origins and use of well-known quotations, phrases and sayings. In 2011 he published his autobiography, ""My Radio Times"". Reference books he has written include the ""Cassell’s Movie Quotations"", ""Cassell’s Humorous Quotations"", ""A Word In Your Shell-Like "" and ""Brewer's Famous Quotations"". He has been acclaimed as a ""pioneering quotation scholar"". Nigel Rees Nigel Rees (born 5 June 1944 near Liverpool) is an English writer and broadcaster, best known for devising and hosting the long-running Radio 4 panel game"
"also included ""Harry Enfield and Chums"" on BBC TV. In 1976, he became the youngest ever regular presenter of Radio 4’s ""Today"" programme, at the age of 32. He presented the programme for two years with Brian Redhead before leaving in May 1978 at the time of his marriage to Sue Bates, a marketing executive. ""Quote... Unquote"", his quiz anthology on Radio 4, was by this time in its third series. In 1990, Rees became the first celebrity winner of the Channel 4 quiz show Fifteen to One, finishing with a score of 141 points. Widely recognized as host and"
"comedian Jimmy Carr has been the host and quizmaster of each edition to date. Channel 4 has made full episodes of ""The Big Fat Quiz of the Year"" available to view on All 4. For the first ""Big Fat Quiz"", broadcast on 28 December 2004, the three teams of celebrities were: Louis Walsh, Nadia Almada and Dame Kelly Holmes all made live appearances to read out the answers for the months of April, June and August respectively. Recorded questions from Bono, Derren Brown and The Bear from ""Bo' Selecta!"" were shown too along with films of Richard and Judy discussing"
"4, 1964 (replacing the Cliff Solway-produced series ""Background"") with hosts John Drainie, Laurier LaPierre and Carole Simpson (not to be confused with the now-retired ABC weekend news anchor of the same name). Simpson was soon replaced by Dinah Christie, and Watson himself replaced Drainie in the show's second season when Drainie (who died in 1966) was too ill to continue with the series. The show used a one-hour newsmagazine format which combined satirical songs (performed by Simpson or Christie) and sketches with hard news interviews, reports and documentaries. Personalities associated with the show as reporters, interviewers or documentarians included Beryl"
"interview with Sandi Toksvig. Entire series from series 87 onwards have been released on audio CD and made available for download. The following compilations have also been released by BBC Audio. As of 28 September 2007, ""The News Quiz"" became downloadable as part of the ""Friday Night Comedy"" podcast feed for Radio 4. The podcast switches between ""The News Quiz"" and ""The Now Show"", depending on which show is being transmitted. During Miles Jupp's tenure, an extended version of the show entitled The News Quiz Extra featuring an additional 10-15 minutes of material was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra"
"Scott, Gerry Gifford, Richard Dettman, Stan Crossley, Bill Rodger, Norm Bright and Joanna Piros. Scott was replaced in 1978 by Peter Ray, who had been transferred from the Montreal station. After Ray's departure that year, Tom Spear was hired from CHWK Chilliwack in December 1978 until most local programming was curtailed in August 1980. The news network began live broadcasts of the Canadian government's Question Period in late 1977; for nearly all Canadians, it was the first regular, live access to House proceedings as it would be well over two years before the CBC Parliamentary Television Network began regular nationwide"
"the late 1990s it was opened by a specially commissioned piece entitled ""Counterpoint"", by musician Ray Davies. Counterpoint (radio) Counterpoint is a BBC Radio 4 quiz. Described in the show's introduction as ""The general knowledge music quiz"", the questions are about music, from classical, jazz, pop, musicals, and all other forms of music. It was originally hosted by Ned Sherrin (1986–2006). In the chair for the 2007 series was Edward Seckerson with Paul Gambaccini taking over in 2008, following the death of Ned Sherrin in 2007. Russell Davies took over temporarily in 2013 following allegations made against Gambaccini, who returned"
"on its long-term trajectory: away from the dusty tones of the somewhat middlebrow old Home Service, to the tougher, livelier, more authoritative, network we have today"". His wife was Joy Whitby, known for her work in children's television. Tony Whitby Tony Whitby (c.1930 – 1975) was a British BBC Radio producer and Television current affairs editor who was Controller of BBC Radio 4 from 1970 to 1975. At the University of Oxford, Whitby wrote a thesis on Matthew Arnold. He began his career as a civil servant in the Colonial Office. Tony Whitby joined the BBC as a radio producer"